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Best Snowboard Manufacturer???
Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards?
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Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of
snowboards? Oh, we've been debating that one for years on this newsgroup! If you spend enough time reading through posts you'll see this question answered from lots of different angles. (Use Google if your news reader won't go too far back easily) In order to give you a useful answer that question, one needs to know something about you, your riding style, where you ride (conditions, pitch), etc. Do you ride freestyle, freeride, or alpine? BoarderX? Rails? Are you big and heavy, short and light, athletic, weekend warrior, lodge bunny, etc? Do you cruise groomers or do bumps or only come on on deep powder days? Ice coast, high Rockies, New Zealand, or Swiss Alps? Anyways, if you're mainly a freerider, read back through the newsgroup... I've made countless entries about my favorite maufacturer, Donek (www.donek.com) Mike T |
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Best Snowboard Manufacturer???
Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me?
They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards http://www.hvsnowboards.com/ "Robert Stevahn" wrote in message ... On 25 Nov 2003 15:32:32 -0800, (John Davison) wrote: Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards? -- John I think it must be Venus Snowboards. Don't you all agree? They're new, you know. -- Trace, er, I mean Robert |
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Robert Stevahn wrote in message . ..
On 25 Nov 2003 15:32:32 -0800, (John Davison) wrote: Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards? -- John I think it must be Venus Snowboards. Don't you all agree? They're new, you know. -- Trace, er, I mean Robert Hehe, hmm... interesting. My main complaint is that they actually only make one model of board... it just comes in four patterns/names. On the site they stress the fashionable designs of the base graphics and give less emphasis on the design of the board. I mean they do mention their research core material and lateral stiffness tangentially, but they don't try very hard to convince the viewer that their snowboards are particularly technical designs. That's not so much a knock on their boards as it is on their website. I feel that if they want to attract female snowboarder who want a quality product and not just a wall ornament, their website should reflect that. Hmm... what if Venus Snowboards subcontracted their board manufacturing to Donek? --Arvin |
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Best Snowboard Manufacturer???
Best snowboard? You'd get a million answer. My vote goes to Neversummer
however. Arbor boards are wicked also. "John Davison" wrote in message om... Just curious, who do you consider to be the best manufacturer of snowboards? -- John |
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Mike T wrote:
Anyways, if you're mainly a freerider, read back through the newsgroup... I've made countless entries about my favorite maufacturer, Donek (www.donek.com) I dug out my first impressions of my Donek: Subject: Kirky, a Donek and six foot of pow Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:42:21 +0000 From: Iain Duncumb Newsgroups: rec.skiing.snowboard Kirkwood What a place! Plenty of height, plenty of steeps, plenty of in bounds hiking, tons of snow (8ft in the 1st 2 days I was there). Donek 165 wide What a board! Perfect waist width for me - 26 cm. Tried it in all conditions from deep, deep pow - took 5 mins to dig myself out after one fall - to ice. Carving it’s not as turny/twitchy as my old Eldorado, just very stable as the speed goes up, inviting you to push harder. Quality is great - the base is about as good as you can get, waxes nicely and very resistant to rock damage. I was shocked when it hit my credit card though: an outrageous £170 ($270) The board is still structurally sound but sustained some big early season core shots last winter - now relegated to rock board. Replaced by - you guessed it - another 165 wide (and a couple of Fish...) Iain -- IainD at ukme dot me dot uk |
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Best Snowboard Manufacturer???
"Juan Parra" wrote in message news:EGSwb.496271$pl3.458511@pd7tw3no...
Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me? They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards http://www.hvsnowboards.com/ Hey Juan, tell us more about these HV boards, I've gone to site and they just keep saying "see-thorough topsheet and carbon fiber wrapped core" --Arvin |
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I was actually making fun of Venus Snowboards...
I just met a sponsored boarder on Monday and he was riding HV...so I figured I mention that name as my favorite board. I know they're hand made and the construction looks very good. Just click on the name Herr Vaughnter and it will open a flash (what else) window. I like to hear more from people who own them. I personally ride Never Summer...and I'm very happy with it. I've ridden Salomon in the past and they are very good quality, but not as durable. I want to ride a Donek Incline eventually... and compare... Juani "Arvin Chang" wrote in message om... "Juan Parra" wrote in message news:EGSwb.496271$pl3.458511@pd7tw3no... Venus Snowboards? Are you kidding me? They're good but the best IMO are Herr Vaughnter boards http://www.hvsnowboards.com/ Hey Juan, tell us more about these HV boards, I've gone to site and they just keep saying "see-thorough topsheet and carbon fiber wrapped core" --Arvin |
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